Poll: The Apocalypse

posted by justincredible

It's been a while since I've looked into the potential results, but I'm pretty sure it would wreak havoc word wide.

Well it would kill our crops which would affect the world. at the very least.

posted by justincredible

Human history is but a blip. Earth has already seen at least one extinction level event. 

posted by Laley23

Well it would kill our crops which would affect the world. at the very least.

What I remember seeing, was it would be absolutely devastating to the Western US (not unlike a bunch of nukes hitting the west coast).  And, obviously, would probably affect large parts of Canada and Mexico.

Food & supply chain issues would have significant follow on impacts on the east coast, as well.  But, supposedly, most of the rest of the world would do ok (relatively speaking).

While it's probably not close to a global extinction event, you wipe out a few hundred million people and ~20% global GDP it probably throws the world into a new Dark Ages for a few hundred years.  That's best-cast, the worst-case is WW3 being triggered as a result due to lack of resources and food.

posted by justincredible

Human history is but a blip. Earth has already seen at least one extinction level event. 

I think there have been 6 global extinction events (Dinosaurs are one, but also several others) in Earth history.

posted by gut

I think there have been 6 global extinction events (Dinosaurs are one, but also several others) in Earth history.

There you go. Humanity has to become a multiplanetary species or it will go extinct eventually.

posted by ptown_trojans_1

Yes, if I was betting money I would say nothing as it’s not likely in our lifetimes. Or even the next couple hundred years. But it’s gonna happen eventually.

posted by justincredible

There you go. Humanity has to become a multiplanetary species or it will go extinct eventually.

That is more likely in my view that an extinction event.

posted by justincredible

There you go. Humanity has to become a multiplanetary species or it will go extinct eventually.

Hope no one's expecting our country to be the leader in that. It's pretty hard to get shit together enough to expand to other planets when we're a people who regularly go into histrionics whenever someone with different political/world views has the goddamn audacity to voice an opinion!

posted by Heretic

Hope no one's expecting our country to be the leader in that. It's pretty hard to get shit together enough to expand to other planets when we're a people who regularly go into histrionics whenever someone with different political/world views has the goddamn audacity to voice an opinion!

Private sector is likely our only hope.